Adoption of single package alcohol-soaked cotton sheets-better infection control without extra cost
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For infection control at hospitals single packaged alcohol-soaked cotton sheets are better than bulk packages. However, concerns of higher costs and inconvenience from opening the individually packed cotton sheets are the primary cause for hesitations regarding their introduction.<BR>This study evaluates consumption and costs of alcohol-soaked cotton sheets before and after the adoption of the single packaged product at the National Hospital Organization Kokura Medical Center. Single packaged alcohol-soaked cotton sheets were formally used only for insulin self-injection and the like by diabetes patients. But in June 2006 they were introduced at all hospital wards out of concern for a better infection control. Use of the single packaged product soon increased. By February 2007 more than 70% of the alcohol-soaked cotton sheets throughout the hospital were those single packaged products. The unit price for single package sheets doubled but usage itself decreased and as a result the total cost for alcohol-soaked cotton sheets did not increase. In that sense wasteful usage was avoided after the introduction. In addition, usage was rechecked again in a questionnaire survey 2 years after the first introduction in 2006. The results showed that by then 94% of nurses preferred the single packaged sheets, because they could not only keep the cotton clean and contribute to infection control, but also because their usage felt more convenient in the sense that is it easier portable.<BR>Our study suggests that the adoption of single package alcohol-soaked cotton sheets can improve infection control without extra cost and inconvenience.
- 特定非営利活動法人 日本医療マネジメント学会の論文
特定非営利活動法人 日本医療マネジメント学会 | 論文
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